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Owner: Colorado & Southern
Model:EMD E5ABuilt As:CBQ 9911A (E5A)
Serial Number:968Order No:E278-A
Frame Number:E278-A2Built:2/1940
Notes:SILVER PILOT, ex-CB&Q 9911A
Other locos with this serial:  CBQ 9911A(E5A) CS 9952A(E5A)
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FW&D 9952AB With Texas Zephyr
Title:  FW&D 9952AB With Texas Zephyr
Description:  Diesel numbers and train name an educated guess.
Photo Date:  8/13/1967  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 10:00:10 AM
Location:  Wichita Falls, TX
Author:  Tom Hoffman
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  5892   Comments: 1
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  Colorado & Southern E5A #9952A was originally Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) #9911A, named "SILVER PILOT," before being sold to the C&S and renumbered. It was built in 1940 and ran the Texas Zephyr train between Dallas and Denver, with a notable passenger stop captured in a 1963 photograph in Amarillo, Texas. The locomotive has been preserved and is now maintained and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum. Unfortunately no photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  5/4/1969  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:51 AM
Location:  Elgin, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
BN 9952a
Title:  BN 9952a
Description:  Unknown date and location
Photo Date:  7/11/1971  Upload Date: 12/22/2011 9:02:44 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  1841   Comments: 1
BN 9952a
Title:  BN 9952a
Description:  Texas Zephyr - no date or location
Photo Date:  7/11/1971  Upload Date: 1/14/2013 8:27:40 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  1349   Comments: 0
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  NIce roster shot of Colorado & Southern E5A #9952A "Silver Pilot" still wearing the "Texas Zephyr" marking from its previous life. Now, the loco is well preserved and run occasionally there. Unfortunately, no photographer was listed for this nice roster shot.
Photo Date:  9/28/1974  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:52 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  CS #9952A poses next to St Louis-San Francisco 2-10-0 #1630 at the Illinois Rwy Museum in Union, IL.
Photo Date:  9/28/1974  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:52 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  Beautiful roster shot of Colorado & Southern E5A #9952A at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. It was eventually restored to its original number, CBQ #9911A, Silver Pilot. at the museum
Photo Date:  9/28/1974  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:54 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
CBQ 9952-A
Title:  CBQ 9952-A
Description:  On Members' Day 1975, the steam train idles at the station while CB&Q 9952-A, now numbered 9911-A, leads the Nebraska Zephyr west on the IRM mainline. (Date unknown)
Photo Date:  9/1/1975  Upload Date: 12/26/2004 2:48:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Sheridan Smith
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  2581   Comments: 3
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  The Illinois Ray Museum maintains this beautiful example of an E5A model. Eventually, the museum restored the loco to its original CB&Q number and name, #9911A Silver Pilot. It powers the museum's Nebraska Zephyr articulated train set, and is one of the few remaining examples of an early E-unit locomotive. Unfortunately, no photographer was listed for this nice roster shot.
Photo Date:  9/19/1976  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:53 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
C&S E5A 9952A
Title:  C&S E5A 9952A
Description:  Taken during the late 1970s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1977  Upload Date: 2/21/2025 9:43:16 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
C&S E5A 9952A
Title:  C&S E5A 9952A
Description:  Taken during the late 1970s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1977  Upload Date: 2/21/2025 9:43:50 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
CBQ 9952
Title:  CBQ 9952
Description:  CBQ 9952 at Illinois Railway Museum
Photo Date:  6/30/1979  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 7:04:11 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  2299   Comments: 4
CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Title:  CS E5A #9952A - Colorado & Southern (CBQ)
Description:  Rail fan Jim Lockart took this color photo when he visited the Illinois Ry Museum in the summer of 1982. The stainless steel sides brightly shines like a mirror due to the excellent care the loco receives at the Illinois Ry Museum.
Photo Date:  8/1/1982  Upload Date: 11/18/2025 6:36:54 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
CBQ (CS) 9952
Title:  CBQ (CS) 9952
Description:  CBQ (CS) 9952, exact date unknown, at Illinois Railway Museum
Photo Date:  7/1/1983  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 7:03:01 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  2295   Comments: 2
CS 9952A
Title:  CS 9952A
Description:  Preserved at the Illinois Railroad Museum as 9911A but carried its CS identity for a time upon arrival at the museum.
Photo Date:  12/31/1995  Upload Date: 12/12/2023 10:22:04 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CS 9952A(E5A)
Views:  659   Comments: 0


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